She then moved into travel writing, contributing to publications such as Lonely Planet and Holiday & Travel. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, she began her career working for Hay House Australia as a staff writer and editor. Leigh Robshaw has worked in the media and publishing for more than twenty years. It's a heartfelt tale about finding your life's purpose, facing your shadow and the primal quest for belonging.Īnd ultimately, it's a story about and saving yourself, because you finally realise you are worth saving. You Had Me at Hola is a passionate, colourful and daringly honest memoir about finding yourself, partly through the many challenges posed by travel, but also in terms of increasingly defining yourself against your lover. Finally, after a shocking betrayal, she must face the truth about the man she has devoted her life to – and about herself. Until everything changes.ĭesperate to stay with Gabriel no matter what, Leigh finds herself venturing into increasingly dark places that put her safety at risk and test her sense of morality. Dreaming of marriage, children and a happy future in this tropical paradise, they live a lifestyle neither thought possible. They find their way to Playa del Carmen, an idyllic Caribbean village in the Yucatan Peninsula that is beginning to rival Cancun and Acapulco as Mexico's most popular tourist destination. Three months becomes three years, as they roam the continent, selling jewellery in the streets and squares of Latin America spanning Peru to Mexico. So begins her new life as a travelling artisan. They feel an instant connection a love that stretches through lifetimes.Īfter an extraordinary backpacking adventure through Brazil, Bolivia and Peru that fulfills her lifelong travel dreams, Leigh returns to Buenos Aires to find Gabriel waiting for her. On her third day in Buenos Aires, she meets Gabriel, a beautiful Peruvian artisan, at a market in San Telmo. A lost soul with a deep-seated desire for love and adventure, Leigh is willing to embrace everything this fascinating continent has to offer.

In February 1995, a young Australian woman leaves home for the first time to travel through Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia and Peru for three months.

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